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<h1>1. Project management</h1>
<p>This week I worked on defining my final project idea and started to getting used to the documentation process.</p>
<h2>Research</h2>
<p>I'm discovering and learning to work in the Git and GitLab "universes". All this is completely new for me so I had to search for several tutorials explaining it in a "for dummies" way !</p>
<p>I found videos in french made by "Grafikart" that are really well done. I knew them already as they helped me learn more about creating websites by coding in my Graphic Design studies.</p>
<p>These tutorials can be found on Youtube <a href="https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjwdMgw5TTLXuY5i7RW0QqGdW0NZntqiP&si=DFfrT0y93gfqR4mq">here</a>.</p>
<p>I'm used to document on paper so I prepared a notebook (that I customed with cat stickers and self-cutted separators) in which I added a planner for each week (that I obviously didn't follow for this one ! ^^')</p>
<p>After writing my notes in the notebook (taken about Git, such as the basic commands) I will write them down here. It helps me to better visualize the informations, especially by adding colors and icons.</p>
<h2>Learning Git</h2>
<p>First I watched a short 5min video about what it is. It still is a bit unclear for me on why use Git but I'm sure it will get clearer once I'll use it regularly.</p>
<p>After watching a video on how to install it (we already did it with my instructor, Sylvain, but I didn't take notes about it or even remember the steps), I learned how to check that everything is well installed on the omputer by using " git help + enter"</p>
<p>After that, I learned how to add a folder with Windows "cmd" and to initialize Git in it. A good information was to tell me that I don't have to push the whole folder on my online repository as the ".git" folder contains too many files and is not needed.</p>
<p>Next step was to configure my user name and email by using "git config --global user.name" and "git config --global user.email".</p>
<p>It still isn't easy to find my way in the Git universe and its use so I have to continue learning about it step-by-step !</P>
<h2>My Project Idea</h2>
<p>I was thinking about creating modular pet items that you can add or take off the other "units", starting by a common outdoor pet house.</p>
<p>For example : you can add a food and drink dispenser, for cats you can add a cat grass pot with a moisturizing alert device, you can also add a camera to watch your pet and get a signal when it goes inside, a litlle front lamp on the house which tells you if your (or another) pet is inside,...</p>
<p>I thought about creating them to be used in "catios" (patios for cats) for example or for feral cats living outside but they could be adapted for dogs, chickens, rabbits or birds.</p>
<p>I searched for images of existing pet items to get inspired and made a moodboard with them.</p>
<p>Items that could be worked on in this project :</p>
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<Li>Common pet house</li>
<li>Food and drink dispenser</li>
<li>Camera</li>
<li>Light showing that a pet is inside the house</li>
<li>Heater</li>
<li>Cat grass/plant pot with watering alert detector</li>
<li>Addition tunnel on the entrance for winter (to add isolation for the cold)</li>
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<p>(pictures will be added soon ! ;) )</p>
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